To do this, I will need to ethernet network my house. Initial plans will be something 'quick and dirty' to get it up and running. Longer term (probably over the winter), I will spend some time actually running cables, setting it all up nice and 'proper'.
At present, my cable modem, vonage box and wireless router are all in the study and look like this ...
My thoughts are to move the cable modem and vonage down into the basement and run 1 (or 2 or more?) ethernet cables into the study where I will put in a switch (new - probably in a cupboard) and then run a wire to the wireless modem and out to the other rooms (as required). The image below is my initial thoughts regarding what I am planning.
Note: That I am only talking about network items here. The existing phone and coaxial cabling will not be changed / modified. I'll need to keep at least one TV active to feed the stream into my HTPC. I am hoping to drop the two running to my TVs and provide television coverage via extenders off the HTPC.
The wire(s) running from the basement to the study would follow this layout (idea lifted from this thread) ...
So ... thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Ideas? etc.[VONAGE] > patch cable > [KEYSTONE JACK in a mounted bracket] > CAT6 solid cable (in-wall / basement) > [KEYSTONE JACK in a mounted bracket] > patch cable > [GIGABIT SWITCH] > patch cable(s) > [NETWORKED DEVICE(S)]